Ruthanna Boris, “I Remember Balanchine”
Madeleine L’Engle on A Wrinkle in Time: “It’s for people”
Mark Twain, “Is He Living or Is He Dead?”
Henry Ward Beecher, “Apple-Pie”
The War Before the War: Andrew Delbanco on fugitive slaves and the fragility of the American Republic
Watch: Leonard S. Marcus on his first meeting with a “totally engaged” Madeleine L’Engle
Edith Wharton, “The Mission of Jane”
Four books—and a flawed Everyman—that made John Updike’s name as a novelist
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom recasts the life of one of our major literary figures
From “lovelorn, insecure young man” to resolute commander—the private side of Ulysses S. Grant
Harry S. Truman, “Waiting for the Armistice”
St. John the Divine and LOA celebrate Madeleine L’Engle’s 100th birthday with words and music
Lisa Yaszek: We get the history of women in science fiction “thoroughly wrong”
F. Marion Crawford, “For the Blood Is the Life”
Katherine Dunham, “Thesis Turned Broadway”
A-list actors to bring Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America to life onstage in New York
